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Freddy Martinez (René Martinez) is a mild mannered, moderately successful actor who sure enjoys the jet set lifestyle with plenty of handsome men to choose from - and of course plenty of margaritas (almost infaviably mixed by Gregory Zarian as ubiquitous barman). That's not to say though he doesn't take his profession seriously,  and as he appears in many mofies as a police detective, he's in constant exchange with Detective Valentine (Al Coronel) to make his performance as believably as possible. Also, he has of late started to write a screenplay based on the true crime case of the "Bedroom Butcher" that he was somehow involved with and has Valentine read it for plausibility. Then though Valentine disappears without a trace. At the same time though he meets Billy (Shamin Shukkoor), a crosswords editor and hobby detective, and the two promptly fall in love. And all of a sudden, Freddy's ex Brennan (Luis Jose Lopez) is released from asylum on good behaviour after having served time for double murder, and he wants to get back together with Freddy. Also, Freddy's other friends act up more and more bizarre, and some even start being killed, and amidst all that, Freddy is asked by special agent Strange (Time Winters) to become a mole among his friends, one of whom's sure to be the Bedroom Butcher, to help him smoke out the culprit. And as reluctant as he is to spy on his friends, he himself is by no means free of suspicion, and this would be the perfect opportunity to vindicate himself and capture the murderer of his friends at the same time ...

Now this is quite a film: It's at the same time murder mystery, horror movie and over-the-top comedy, with some satirical undercurrents. And the combination works as while the basic story is rock solid, script and direction put a slightly absurd and slightly meta spin to it, giving the film an in the best way possible weird quality, and the absurdities actually feed back into the mystery, adding layers beyond your typcial whodunnit, while the camerawork opted for vivid colours to create a somewhat artificial atmosphere that always seems about to crack. And that the actors are clearly in on the joke is pretty apparent, but they mostly play it straight though some roles are caricatures by definition. And all of this makes up for an unusual but highly enjoyable ride.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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